1963 Australia Cup

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1963 Australia Cup
Tournament details
CountryFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Teams24
Final positions
Champions Port Melbourne Slavia (1st title)
Runner-up Polonia Melbourne
Tournament statistics
Matches played25
  1962
1964  

The 1963 Australia Cup was the second season of the Australia Cup, which was the main national association football knockout cup competition in Australia. 24 clubs from around Australia qualified to enter the competition. [1] [2]

Contents

Teams

Qualifying clubs
Flag of New South Wales.svg NNSW Wallsend West Wallsend Awaba Newcastle Austral
Flag of New South Wales.svg NSW Sydney Prague APIA Leichhardt South Coast United Pan Hellenic
Flag of Queensland.svg QLD Brisbane Hellenic Brisbane Azzurri Latrobe Merton Rovers
Flag of South Australia.svg SA Adelaide Juventus Adelaide Budapest Adelaide Croatia Adelaide Polonia
Flag of Tasmania.svg TAS Olympia Launceston Juventus Ulverstone Hobart Rangers
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg VIC Footscray JUST Polonia Melbourne George Cross Port Melbourne Slavia

Round 1

Toronto Awaba 6–5 West Wallsend

Newcastle Austral 3–0 Wallsend


Round 2

APIA Leichhardt 2–0 South Coast United
Report
Wentworth Park, Glebe [3] [4]
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: S. Pundyk

Adelaide Juventus 3–1 Adelaide Budapest
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Thebarton Oval, Adelaide
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Bill Hosie

Port Melbourne Slavia 4–3 (a.e.t.) Footscray JUST


Sydney Prague 2–1 (a.e.t.) Pan Hellenic
Report
Wentworth Park, Sydney
Attendance: 6,700
Referee: S. Pundyk

Quarter-finals

Sydney Prague 5–2 Brisbane Hellenic
Wentworth Park, Sydney
Attendance: 2,100 [2]

Brisbane Azzurri 0–3 Polonia Melbourne

Port Melbourne Slavia 3–1 APIA Leichhardt
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 11,000 [2]

Adelaide Juventus 3–0 Hobart Olympia
Thebarton Oval, Adelaide
Attendance: 5,000 [2]

Semi-finals

Polonia Melbourne 3–1 Sydney Prague
Melbourne Showgrounds, Melbourne
Attendance: 10,500 [2]

Port Melbourne Slavia 2–0 Adelaide Juventus
Thebarton Oval, Adelaide
Attendance: 6,500 [2]

Third place playoff

Sydney Prague 1–2 Adelaide Juventus
Wentworth Park, Sydney
Attendance: 2,000 [2]

Final

Port Melbourne Slavia 0–0 Polonia Melbourne
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 12,500 [2]
Referee: Tony Boskovic

Replay

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References

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